ECU Australian Nursing Students Experience Life-Changing Journey in the Philippines!

By admin, 15 December, 2025

Ten nursing students from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia, headed by their Clinical Instructor, Prof. Emer Slattery, recently spent time in the Philippines for the Community Clinical Placement Program. Through the partnership between ECU and Arellano University International Nursing Program (AU-INP), these students got to experience Filipino culture while helping local communities in Bulacan, Pampanga, and Laguna.

The participants gained valuable clinical experience through hospital tours, community health projects, medical missions, and family home visits. Alongside these activities, they immersed themselves in Filipino culture and built meaningful connections with the AU-INP students and the community.

This initiative, which started in 2008, is all about creating global citizens who understand and care about communities beyond their own borders, and we are re excited to continue welcoming more students in the future!

- Dr. Anna Katharina G. Peña

The ECU Delegates during the Orientation Day at the AU Legarda Campus.
The ECU Delegates during the Orientation Day at the AU Legarda Campus.

 

Filipino Culture on Display: Market Day!
Filipino Culture on Display: Market Day!

 

A visit to the CHILD Haus with our AU-INP students.
A visit to the CHILD Haus with our AU-INP students.

 

Clinical facility tour at Ospital ng Makati.
Clinical facility tour at Ospital ng Makati.

 

A visit to a Carabao farm in Brgy. Masalipit, San Miguel, Bulacan.
A visit to a Carabao farm in  Brgy. Masalipit, San Miguel, Bulacan.

 

Immersed in Rural Life: Learning from Carabao Farmers
Immersed in Rural Life: Learning from Carabao Farmers.

 

School education in the Aeta Community
School education in the Aeta Community.

 

The ECU delegates work together with the community doctors, nurses, midwives, and barangay health care workers to provide preventive and promotive health services to the people of Pangil, Laguna
The ECU delegates work together with the community doctors, nurses, midwives, and barangay health care workers to provide preventive and promotive health services to the people of Pangil, Laguna.

 

A simple touch, a shared smile, and the healing power of presence in the heart of the community
A simple touch, a shared smile, and the healing power of presence in the heart of the community.

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